What goes around comes around on Main Street

When the miniature golf course across the street was replaced by a retail store, some thought that the neighboring old-fashioned carousel would suffer the same fate.

Edward F. Maroney

EDWARD F. MARONEY PHOTO

THE CAVALRY TO THE RESCUE – A patriotic pony decorates the carousel on Main Street.

Carousel, entertainment center sold for triple previous price

When the miniature golf course across the street was replaced by a retail store, some thought that the neighboring old-fashioned carousel would suffer the same fate. But the fanciful horses and zebras have been saddled by a white knight.

Joe and Leslie Bondaryk have bought the Main Street, Hyannis kid magnet and surrounding buildings for a reported $1 million from David Rosenfeld, who paid about a third of that a decade ago.

The sale was announced at the 14th annual meeting of the Hyannis Main Street Business Improvement District Oct. 23 at Embargo, where the complex’s new manager, Tim Burns, said the new owners hope to create a year-round entertainment draw.

Joe and Leslie Bondaryk have already been in touch with the BID’s executive director, Elizabeth Wurfbain, about plans for the holiday season. He told her his family won the Boston Globe Spooky Yard Haunt contest last year with a “2000 Leagues Under the Sea/steampunk theme.”

At his day job, Joe Bondaryk builds robots for the U.S. government. He told Wurfbain he wants to bring “technology, robotics and animatronics” to the site.